Modernism
Modernism
Course: ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW
Code: UNGS 2030
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and for all, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Allah S.W.T. for giving us the strength and health to complete this assignment in time. Not to forget our beloved lecturer Bro Razak, who has the attitude and the substance of a genius: he continually and convincingly conveyed a spirit of adventure in regard to teaching us this subject. Without his guidance, this assignment would not have been possible.
In addition, we would like to thank our parents, friends and anyone who had been a great help to us with financial supports or just mainly a support, especially in times of trouble when we could not find the right source materials we’re looking for from the main library in IIUM Gombak campus in such a limited time. Thanks for all their great and inspiring advices. We really appreciate it.
Last but not least, a thank you to International Islamic University Malaysia for providing us the infrastructure such as library and discussion rooms, all the materials such as books and encyclopaedias, and computers and Internet access that helped us to finish this assignment. Also, to the librarians who have been so helpful to assist us while we’re searching the source materials.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: History of Modernism | 4 | Teachings and worldviews of Modernism | 5 | Islamic Point of View | 6 | Western Point of View | 8 | Modernism and Tradition in Islam | 10 | Comparison: Modernism and Postmodernism | 11 | Conclusion | 13 | References | 14 |
INTRODUCTION: HISTORY OF MODERNISM
Modernism (roughly 1910 – mid 1960s) is an aesthetic or cultural movement in art, architecture, music, literature and applied arts coupled with an historical time period, recording a radical break with and from the past. It can also refer to the philosophy as a whole.
This period saw unprecedented experimentation in the arts in painting, from the realism of
Course: ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW
Code: UNGS 2030
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and for all, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Allah S.W.T. for giving us the strength and health to complete this assignment in time. Not to forget our beloved lecturer Bro Razak, who has the attitude and the substance of a genius: he continually and convincingly conveyed a spirit of adventure in regard to teaching us this subject. Without his guidance, this assignment would not have been possible.
In addition, we would like to thank our parents, friends and anyone who had been a great help to us with financial supports or just mainly a support, especially in times of trouble when we could not find the right source materials we’re looking for from the main library in IIUM Gombak campus in such a limited time. Thanks for all their great and inspiring advices. We really appreciate it.
Last but not least, a thank you to International Islamic University Malaysia for providing us the infrastructure such as library and discussion rooms, all the materials such as books and encyclopaedias, and computers and Internet access that helped us to finish this assignment. Also, to the librarians who have been so helpful to assist us while we’re searching the source materials.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: History of Modernism | 4 | Teachings and worldviews of Modernism | 5 | Islamic Point of View | 6 | Western Point of View | 8 | Modernism and Tradition in Islam | 10 | Comparison: Modernism and Postmodernism | 11 | Conclusion | 13 | References | 14 |
INTRODUCTION: HISTORY OF MODERNISM
Modernism (roughly 1910 – mid 1960s) is an aesthetic or cultural movement in art, architecture, music, literature and applied arts coupled with an historical time period, recording a radical break with and from the past. It can also refer to the philosophy as a whole.
This period saw unprecedented experimentation in the arts in painting, from the realism of
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